Among the café-table clichés that experts and geopoliticians string together with astonishing self-assurance, one is particularly striking. The war with Iran, they say, would have been desired by ...

From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined to example.com—a domain reserved for testing purposes—to a ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 16, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. "Buffalo Bill" Cody's stage debut took ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...

Do you tend to masseuse (er, misuse) words in humorous ways? If yes, you've made a malapropism—and everyone from politicians to famous literature characters is guilty of it. Have you ever uttered a ...

The stage was set for a real-life version of the scene in which the Unknown Young Musician gets his Big Break, triumphs, and rockets to international fame. But the hero balked. Amsterdam’s renowned, ...

Leadership is about much more than issuing orders or delegating tasks. One of your most essential roles as a leader is to serve as a role model. Your team is constantly observing how you conduct ...

Daniel Moss is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Asian economies. Previously, he was executive editor for economics at Bloomberg News. Japan's prime minister insists that after giving the Bank of ...

In Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher, Isabelle Huppert stars as Erika Kohut, an imbalanced piano tutor who engages in a sadomasochistic relationship with one of her pupils. The psychosexual drama is ...

From an innovative (and subsequently controversial) opening ceremony to shattered world records across the sports spectrum, the Paris Olympics have marked a celebratory return to the Games we knew and ...

Ahead of the November presidential election, just 19% of Americans say democracy in the United States is a good example for other countries to follow, according to a Pew Research Center survey ...